name given in Australia to the tree Melia composita, Willd., N.O. Meliaceae, called Cape Lilac. It is not endemic in Australia, and iscalled «Persian Lilac «in India. In Tasmania the name of Native Lilac is given to Prostantherarotundifolia, R. Br., N.O. Labiatae, and byMrs. Meredith to Tetratheca juncea, Smith, of theLinnean Order, Octandria.
1793. J. E. Smith, `Specimen of Botany of New Holland,' p. 5:
« Tetratheca juncea, Rushy Tetratheca [with plate].»
1852. Mrs. Meredith, `My Home in Tasmania,' vol. ii. p. 69:
«A little purple flower, which is equally common, so vividlyrecalls to my mind, both by its scent and colour, an Old-Worldfavorite, that I always know it as the native Lilac( Tetratheca juncea).»